September 16, 2015
A California federal judge on Wednesday awarded the original lead singer of The Village People, Victor Willis, $530,000 in attorneys' fees and costs following his victory in a copyright termination case that recovered his partial rights to the hit song "YMCA" and others.
June 06, 2012
Two music publishers on Tuesday asked a California federal court to limit former Village People singer Victor Willis' ability to recover the rights to songs like "YMCA" and "In the Navy," saying he deserves only a share proportional to his royalties.
May 08, 2012
Original lead singer of The Village People, Victor Willis, on Monday won a landmark copyright termination dispute when a California federal judge allowed the musician to recover rights to "YMCA," "In the Navy" and other songs due to a decades-old change in the Copyright Act.